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In reply to the discussion: Self-parking Volvo ploughs into journalists after owner neglects to pay for extra feature. [View all]AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)37. Thats a very ignorant way of seeing things
And the use of fossil fuels has created the global warming mess that were now having to deal with.
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Self-parking Volvo ploughs into journalists after owner neglects to pay for extra feature. [View all]
Jesus Malverde
May 2015
OP
Of COURSE you have to pay extra for the "don't mow down innocent pedestrians" feature.
Nye Bevan
May 2015
#2
Its most likely expense, the auto-stopping feature was initially designed to avoid hitting...
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#22
I would really like to see requirements that the car sales people tell you about the damn car.
truedelphi
May 2015
#30
Fuck that! I'd pay extra for the "mow down journalists remotely" feature!
Warren DeMontague
May 2015
#28
Earth to Volvo. If you are going to make cars "Self driving" you cannot make "pedestrian avoidance"
yellowcanine
May 2015
#70
Oh my God, you have to be kidding, of course there will be self driving cars! Nt
Logical
May 2015
#4
No, do I expect them to be a lot better than human drivers, fuck yes! n/t
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#19
They'll certainly kill fewer than the 32,000 Americans human drivers kill each year (nt)
Recursion
May 2015
#27
Google cars have driven over 1.7 million miles and only 11 accidents occurred.
Quixote1818
May 2015
#23
There would hae been more accidents but human "co-pilots" stepped in to avoid them
Tom Rinaldo
May 2015
#61
The video is an example of HUMAN stupidity, not a failure of the technology. n/t
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#20
I will say, once tested and vetted, I will trust the machine more than humans...
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#63
Look what the Industrial Revolution is doing to the planet? We're killing life on earth...
AZ Progressive
May 2015
#35
Good luck convincing the puritan work ethic based Capitalists about that
AZ Progressive
May 2015
#38
I agree. I can see multi-car pileups. I can see dead people. As a senior technologist,
RKP5637
May 2015
#77
How much pedestrian detection functionality does your non-self-driving car have?
Recursion
May 2015
#29
Mine actually does have a minimal amount of pedestrian detection functionality.
WillowTree
May 2015
#54
The people that chose to stand right in front of the car aren't that bright.
Renew Deal
May 2015
#11
Mostly, I'm amused at the posters that conflate a self-parking car with a self-driving car.
Chan790
May 2015
#14
It's supposed to be a self stopping car, of other vehicles NOT people.
Humanist_Activist
May 2015
#65
That sounds so stupid, I can believe it. The title says self-parking...no shit it does.
Rex
May 2015
#69
BTW, this reminds me of an attempt to automate Rapid Transit in the 1970's
AZ Progressive
May 2015
#40
"a special feature known as “pedestrian detection functionality”, which costs extra"?!
KamaAina
May 2015
#75